diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e82a4c5..3a43ee7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
    <properties>
+      <qqq.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.version> <!-- feeds qbit-build-parent's qqq-bom-pom import -->
       <revision>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
       <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
       <jacoco.version>0.8.15</jacoco.version>
       <!-- qbit-email from Maven Central -->
-      <qbit-email.version>0.1.0-RC.2</qbit-email.version>
+      <qbit-email.version>0.1.0-RC.11</qbit-email.version>
       <liquibase.version>4.33.0</liquibase.version>
       <testcontainers.version>2.0.5</testcontainers.version>
       <qbit.guardrails.enforce>true</qbit.guardrails.enforce>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>com.kingsrook</groupId>
       <artifactId>qbit-build-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.1</version>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>com.kingsrook.qbits</groupId>
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@
             <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
          </activation>
          <properties>
-            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.19</qqq.snapshot.version>
+            <qqq.snapshot.version>4.1.0-RC.26</qqq.snapshot.version>
          </properties>
          <dependencyManagement>
             <dependencies>